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Yes, exactly, but the VPNs people will use will never hand anything over to Bajwa's Army (since it doesn't seem to be the Pak Army these days, given that nobody senior resigned or asked him to resign despite high levels of controversy and an earlier forced extension). The more direct route...

They have been doing it for decades. It's just that the civ govts were corrupt to the core and in power mainly just for the sake of privilege and amassing wealth, so we didn't really mind (though the more mature and wise among us would always warn about this) --- today, for the first time, it...

There has been no grassroots organization as there is for jalsas. People's emotions are meaningless unless PTI can harness them properly. There were certainly protests in many places. Let the dust settle.

They have counted on that logic for protection for decades. Because of it, change never comes. Top brass should be named, shamed, and held accountable --- if the army is truly loyal to PAKISTAN and not their BOSSES, it will remove them khudi. If any Corps Commanders have ghairat left, they...

Sir, I wholeheartedly disagree... with the timing of the Azaab part... it has been here since 70 years!

Absolutely right. Then if people want change, they must be ready for the ultimate sacrifice. Can PTI organize such a resistance? Let's see.

It has actually galvanized the dream. People on the fence or dissatisfied with PTI's performance are now fully back in IK's camp. The reason is not that IK is a great leader in terms of administrative excellence or anything like that. It's that the other options are so scary that they simply...

China actually likes Shehbaz Sharif --- and, like any realist power, China (like the US) also doesn't want a super strong and capable Pakistan that doesn't need loans! Obviously, China is a much closer partner and our strategic interests align way more closely (relative to the US), but I think...

We all know the obvious reasons --- lack of law & order and the usual third world problems. But there's a slightly less obvious reason: the culture. By culture, I don't mean heritage or traditions. I mean sociological factors: the strange relationship between effort and reward, the absurd...

Scaring people into silence is what you do with enemies, not your patriots. Wake up.

The entire game is ruthless meritocracy. The unforgiving attraction and retention of top talent. There are ZERO such measures by the Pak govt/army/etc. They simply believe what they're getting is fine. The reason is that they value loyalty, not competence. Finally, we are all waking up.

This is our entire history. It's just that we finally got an honest guy whose primary goal was not to amass personal wealth and enjoy privileges, so the reality finally came into focus for many Pakistanis.

Two brain cells seems to be about the average required to be a political commentator in Pak.

VPNs aren't bulletproof, and there is evidence that they can get past them in some cases --- but that effort will only be merited if there entire being is threatened and somebody seems to be ring leader, I suppose. This cannot go on. Yes Dr. Arsalan individually threatened all of the patriots...

While I totally agree with your overall (heartening) pep talk, I can't help but point out that other young nations --- the ones that decided to finally sort this sh*t out --- rocketed into a different league of development, growth, and progress. I think the following arguments: -we are a young...

No no, just his collusion with the land mafia in Punjab, appointing his son as CM (speaks volumes of how he values talent, expertise, competence, and democratic values).

I guess the PTI-era IB will now again be handed over to some N League stooge to be used as a private investigator for political gain. The pain is too much...

Impossible. IK's biggest mistake was to not frame the Tehreek-e-Insaf as a nonviolent mass scale civil disobedience movement. It can only happen through external pressure. If enough people (Harvard researcher, a global expert on significant political change, has calculated 3.5% as the magic...

I want to know how this blatant conspiracy actually unfolded. How precisely was it decided that the SC would open on a holiday (especially interesting when just a few days later, the Ramzan timings excuse would be used when PTI wanted to file a review petition)? How were the bench members...

Totally agree. BTW, he also says in the same video that Buzdar was a HUGE blunder --- but IK's ouster is a bigger, unrelated game. In fact, many would argue that IK's ouster would have been even more urgent had his government done a much better job. Too many vested interests would be...